Category: consulting recruiting

Non-Target School Applicant Looking to Break into Consulting in Chicago

This week, we're letting you behind the curtain into one of Jenny Rae's Coaching Sessions sessions with rockstar Stephanie. Stephanie is a non-target school applicant looking to break into consulting in Chicago. Keep an eye out for Stephanie; she's got a bright future ahead of her! What's in a 1:1 coaching session? It's a high-level…

3 Ways Management Consulting Applications Differ from Traditional Ones

If you've been around the management consulting industry for any amount of time at all, you know how different of a beast it really is to conquer than nearly any other industry. That's not to say it's not worth it: we happen to believe that consulting is right for almost anyone, and the cross-functional experience…

3 strategies to apply for U.S. consulting jobs from European business schools

Every year, hundreds of our European friends are interested in applying to work in U.S based consulting firms. And for good reason: the San Francisco Bay Area is the tech capital of the world, and almost every consulting firm and Fortune 500 client is based in the U.S. (Plus, is there anything quite like a hearty…

The Top 8 Undergrad Consulting Majors

As consulting has become more popular (frantically so), we receive dozens of emails per month from undergrads - and even high schoolers - asking us what they should major in and which majors are deal-breakers if they want to break into consulting. Understanding the majors that are the top feeders into consulting can help you…

Top 5 Consulting Resume Mistakes by Ph.Ds, Postdocs, and Other Advanced Degree Holders

Bridge to BCG and McKinsey Insight are events aimed at Ph.D.s, engineers, med students, JDs, post-docs, interns, practicing MDs or residents. These magical BCG and McKinsey consulting seminars are crash courses, extended job interviews, and sell weekends all rolled into one. If you get invited, show up, and stand out, you'll put yourself in good stead with…

Dinged by MBB Consulting Firms – Now What?

If you're new to consulting, it won't take you long to discover that the MBB firms are insanely competitive. There are only so many positions they can fill every cycle. There is no shame in trying and coming up a little bit short and pivoting to 2nd tier consulting firms. But what do you do next…

4 Key Types of Consulting Fit Interview Questions You Must Prepare For

During an interview, it is common to be asked "Tell me about yourself." Even though you're mentally prepared for the question to be asked, suddenly your heart starts racing, your mind goes blank, and you just plain forget how to talk like a normal human being. In thousands of hours of interview preparation every year,…

Advanced Consulting Resumes – Video Overview

Recently, we released a video series on Consulting Resumes 101. Today, we continue where we left off with advanced tips to help guide you as you craft and edit your consulting resume. In the following videos, we take a deep dive on consulting resume specifics. We: Share consulting resume formatting tips Outline the 5 sections…

Consulting Resume 101 Video Overview

Ever wonder what MBB, the Big 4 firms, and other firms like Accenture or Oliver Wyman are looking for in a consulting resume? During recruiting season, consultants review 100s of resume at a time. Because of the overwhelming size of the applicant pool, your resume has ~10 seconds to make an impression. It's imperative you…

3 Insights Into How Deloitte Recruiters Read A Resume

Today we're taking on a hot topic - how to polish your resume "consulting style". Many of our resume edit clients come to us with the wrong assumption that the resume they submitted with their non-consulting applications will serve just fine for management consulting positions. They couldn't be more mistaken. Deloitte recruiters are expecting specific things…